{"id":35078,"date":"2023-05-22T17:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/22\/scoreline-of-54-0-during-sub-junior-mens-national-hockey-suggest-gap-is-too-wide-to-bridge-at-grassroots-level\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T17:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:55:48","slug":"scoreline-of-54-0-during-sub-junior-mens-national-hockey-suggest-gap-is-too-wide-to-bridge-at-grassroots-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/22\/scoreline-of-54-0-during-sub-junior-mens-national-hockey-suggest-gap-is-too-wide-to-bridge-at-grassroots-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoreline of 54-0 during sub junior men\u2019s national hockey suggest gap is too wide to bridge at grassroots level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3968354\" data-slug-id=\"1518381\">\n<p>The scoreline of 54-0 during preliminary round matches in the ongoing 13th Hockey India sub-junior men national championship being held in Rourkela, suggests hockey is popular only in a few pockets in India, says a national-level hockey coach.<\/p>\n<p>In the group stage matches, Delhi scored a thumping 54-0 win over hapless Tripura on day four (May 21) of the sub-junior men&#8217;s national championships being played at Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from one-sided contests during the group stage matches, a huge gap between the winning and the losing side indicates that a lot of spade work is needed at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf there is a big gap between the teams, it gives the impression that hockey is popular only in a few areas in India,\u201d the national-level coach told Sportskeeda on condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to speak. \u201cTo bridge the gap between the winning and losing team at the sub-junior level, the coaching system should be improved at the grassroots level.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On day four of the competition, Delhi hockey scored a thumping 54-0 win over hapless Tripura, while Hockey Chandigarh outplayed Hockey Gujarat 28-1. In another group match, Hockey Punjab defeated Tripura 42-0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cManipur and Mizoram are the two states of the North East region that have good teams,\u201d the national-level coach added. \u201cSince Tripura lost two matches by a big margin, the results suggest hockey is not followed seriously.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>State teams of Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry also lost their group stage matches by a big margin. Hockey Madhya Pradesh scored a 19-0 win over Telangana, while Uttar Pradesh scored a whooping 35-0 win over Kerala Hockey. Puducherry lost 0-23 to Dadra &amp; Nagar Haveli team.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey India recently started a zonal competition to emphasize on grassroots development. The national governing body of hockey in India also distributed equipment, including hockey sticks to state units.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It might take time to improve things at the grassroots level,&#8221; the national level coach added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"reply-input-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply-section-container\" parent-comment-id=\"\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pic-near-reply-box\" src=\"\" alt=\"Profile picture\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><br \/>\n<template id=\"gif-box-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><template id=\"reply-input-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply-section-container\" parent-comment-id=\"\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pic-near-reply-box\" src=\"\" alt=\"Profile picture\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><br \/>\n<template id=\"gif-box-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script> \nvar fbPixelFired = false;\ndocument.addEventListener(\"scroll\", function() { loadFBPixel() });\ndocument.addEventListener(\"mousemove\", function() { loadFBPixel() });\nfunction loadFBPixel() {\nif(fbPixelFired) {\nreturn;\n}\nfbPixelFired = true;\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? \nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, \ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '952063904834769'); \nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\nfbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/hockey\/news-scoreline-54-0-sub-junior-men-s-national-hockey-suggest-gap-wide-bridge-grassroots-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scoreline of 54-0 during preliminary round matches in the ongoing 13th Hockey India sub-junior men national championship being held in Rourkela, suggests hockey is popular only in a few pockets in India, says a national-level hockey coach. 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